Where does “maasälpä” come from?
maasälpä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sälpä, from Finnish sala, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala, from Proto-Uralic śala — elm.
maasälpä (Finnish): feldspar
Ancestry of “maasälpä”, step by step
maasälpä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sälpä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sälpä | spar |
| 2 | Finnish | sala | A secret |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *sala | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | śala | elm |
via Finnish mää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
Words derived from “maasälpä”